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Opuntia humifusa

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Description : winter hardy cactus

Color : white

Size : 60 cm

Flowering period : july - august

Hardiness : hardy

Location of the plant shown in the first picture : Botanische Tuin Fort Hoofddijk Utrecht

Date taken : 25.07.2013

Family : Lactaceae

© first picture : Jaap de Kreek and Dirk van Gelderen

© picture 2 : Garden Picture - the large professional photo archive

© picture 3 : J.C. de Kreek and D. van Gelderen, location picture : Florida, USA

© picture 4 : PlantenTuin Esveld, location picture : PlantenTuin de Oirsprong

© picture 5 : PlantenTuin Esveld, location picture : Palmengarten Frankfurt

© picture 6 : Jaap de Kreek and Dirk van Gelderen, location picture : Botanische Tuin Fort Hoofddijk Utrecht

© picture 7 : Garden Picture - the large professional photo archive

© picture 8 : Nurseries PlantenTuin Esveld, Boskoop, Netherlands, location picture : Scott arboretum in Swarthmore

© picture 9 : Pieter Kristensen, location picture : privetuin dr. P Baetens , Laarne, Belgie

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Characteristics of this plant
type of plant : perennial
soil type : sandy soil
planting place : needs a sunny place
habit/form : loose growing
water requirement : needs little water
wind tolerance : tolerates salty wind
the plant is evergreen
height approx : between 30 and 50 cm
width approx : between 10 and 20 cm
quantity per m2 : 11
flower colour : yellow
leaf colour : green
leaf shape : leaves are egg-shaped
leaf size : between 5 and 10 cm
edibility : The plant is not edible
flowering period : june - july
hardiness : hardy

Of this plant no stock is known unfortunately and therefore it does not occur in the on-line plantshop